Fly-trap.



G. & 11.3. LAUBE.

FLY TRAP.

APPLICATION FILED MAR 6. 1909.

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GODFRIED LAUBE AND HATTIE R. LAUBE, OF SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA; SAIDGODFRIED LAUBE ASSIGNOR T GEORGE N. BARTLETT, OF LOS ANGELES, GALI-FORNIA.

FLY-TRAP.

948,863. Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 8, 19MB.

Application filed March 6, 1909.

Serial No. 481,696.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, GODFRIED LAUBE and HATTIE R. LAUBE, citizens of theUnited States of America, residing at Santa Monica, in the county of LosAngeles and State of California, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in F ly-Traps,

of which the following is a specification, reference being had thereinto the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to fly traps in that class embodying a tray and ascreen therefor and the object thereof is to provide means in a manneras hereinafter set forth for retaining the screen upon the tray, saidretaining means providing a handle for conveniently removing the trapfrom place to place and further providing means for suspending of thetrap.

lViththe foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists ofthe novel c011- struction, combination and arrangement of partshereinafter more specifically described and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, wherein is shown the preferred embodiment of theinvention, but it is to be understood that changes, variations andmodifications can be resorted to which come within the scope of theclaim hereunto ap pended.

In the drawings wherein like reference characters denote correspondingparts throughout the several views: Figure 1 is a top plan view of a flytrap showing the screen retaining means in accordance with thisinvention, Fig. 2 is a side elevation partly in section, and Fig. 3 isan end View of the trap, showing the retaining means, the trap beingmounted upon a window sill.

Referring to the drawings in detail 1 indicates the tray adapted tosupport a strip of fly paper 1 which is provided with a suitableadhesive, as is well known.

Then the trap is mounted upon a window sill 2, it is secured in positionby a pivoted L-shaped holder 3 adapted to extend below and to be engagedby a window sash 4 whereby the trap is secured in position.

The tray 1 is provided with a laterallyextending continuous flange andeach of the longitudinally-extending portions of the flange 4 is formedwith a pair of openings 4: which are suitably spaced from each other,that is to say one is arranged at a point removed from a transverse linethrough the center of the tray. Mounted upon the tray 1 and of a lengthas to project from each end of the tray is an archshaped screen of wiremesh 5 having its side and end edges reinforced as at 6. To retain thescreen 5 in position upon the tray 1 and to also enable convenientlyshifting of the tray from point to point when desired, and further moreto allow of the trap being suspended a pair of interengaging frames 7and 8 are employed. Each of the frames 7 and 8 is substantiallyarch-shaped and each of said frames has the free ends thereof extendingthrough the openings 4 and then bent around to overlap the upper face ofthe flanges 4 as at 9. The frame 8 has its upper end angularly disposedas at 10 and the frame 7 has the upper portion thereof bent upon itselfto provide seat 11 for the terminus of the angular upper end of theframe 8 whereby the upper ends of the frames will be detachablyconnected together. The frame 7 at its upper portion and above the seat11 is bent in a curvilinear manner, as at 12, said curvilinear portionextending in an arch-shaped portion 13 which constitutes a handle forconveniently handling the trap when shifting it from point to point, orto allow of the trap being conveniently mounted upon a suspending devicetherefor.

What we claim is:

A means for securing a screen to the tray of a fly trap, said meanscomprising archshaped frames having the ends thereof extending throughand overlapping the longi tudinal portions of the frames, one of saidframes having the upper end thereof angularly disposed with respect tothe remaining portion of the frame, and the other of said framesprovided at its upper end with a seat for the reception of the lowerterminus of the angularly disposed portion of the first mentioned frame,that frame provided with a seat further more provided with a curvilinearportion above said seat and which terminates in a vertically-extendingarclrshaped portion constituting a handle.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures in the presence of twowitnesses.

GODFRIED LAUBE. HATTIE R. LAUBE.

Witnesses BLANOHARD OGDEN, ALFRED Srnnns.

